Andrew McMahan (NYU, Dukes of Hazards Podcast) joins Jordan and Mitch to lay out how disaster response is failing us, why Audre Lorde can help us imagine it differently, and what this season of Tough Shift is all about. Plus, the word "epistemology" definitely needs a drinking game.

Learn more and buy the book at at http://www.disastersandsocialchange.org/

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Keywords

disaster policy, response, reimagining, brokenness, epistemology, knowledge systems, solidarity, social movements, positive social change, disasters, community, response, social change, positive change, epistemology, equity

Takeaways

• Disasters reveal the brokenness of society and the need for change in disaster policy and response.
• Epistemology plays a crucial role in understanding disasters and how our current knowledge systems can hinder progress.
• Solidarity and social movements are essential for shaping positive social change during disasters.
• The Tough Shift podcast aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of disasters and offer practical solutions for a better future. Inappropriate responses to disasters can weaken communities and lead to the breakdown of society.
• Disasters have the potential to bring about positive social change if they prompt the formation of new communities and coalitions.
• Changing the epistemological structures and tools that guide disaster response and recovery is crucial for more inclusive and equitable outcomes.
• Disaster response and recovery should focus on strengthening communities and allowing for new futures to be imagined.

Titles

• Reimagining Disaster Policy and Response
• The Role of Epistemology in Disaster Understanding The Impact of Inappropriate Responses to Disasters on Communities
• The Potential for Positive Social Change in the Aftermath of Disasters

Sound Bites

• "This season on Tough Shift, we're gonna do something different."
• "We've got to throw out maybe 300 years of disaster thinking."
• "The way we understand disasters is part of the problem."
• "If they weren't culturally appropriate, if they didn't focus on this question of strengthening the community, right? Bringing everybody together, which they never did because federal resources aren't incentivized to do that, right? The community would break apart a little more."
• "We were motivated to answer was this question of sort of like, okay, it does seem like there's general agreement that disasters produce social change. It seems like sometimes, there's sort of, there's this story that they produce positive social change."
• "What disasters do is they sort of reveal the skeleton that's holding everything up the rest of the time."

Chapters

00:00

Introduction and Personal Experiences with Disasters

05:23

Examining Disaster Policy

01:04:42

Analyzing the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake

01:06:09

Solidarity and Social Movements in the COVID-19 Pandemic

01:06:34

Reimagining Disaster: A Shift in Perception

01:06:42

Practical Approaches to Handling Disasters

01:07:05

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